Multi-layered depth and volume preservation of stacked meshes

A 3D content rendering system, comprising:

• electronic memory to store a 3D asset including a plurality of meshes;
• and
• one or more processing units configured to:
• load the plurality of meshes from a character definition;
• identify a lower depth mesh and a top depth mesh from the plurality of meshes, the lower depth mesh being closer to a center of the 3D asset, and the top depth mesh being further from the center of the 3D asset;
• iterate over a plurality of polygons of the lower depth mesh to identify polygons that the top depth mesh and the lower depth mesh share;
• and
• hide the shared polygons of the lower depth mesh, such that hidden shared polygons are not presented to be perceived be a user during rendering of the 3D asset.

A method of rendering electronic 3D content, the method comprising:

• loading from a computer-readable memory a first mesh of a 3D asset and a second mesh of a 3D asset from a character definition;
• identifying a lowest depth mesh of the first mesh and the second mesh, the lowest depth mesh being closer to a center of the 3D asset;
• identifying shared polygons from the first mesh and the second mesh;
• and
• hiding the shared polygons of the lowest depth mesh, such that hidden shared polygons are not presented to be perceived by a user during rendering of the 3D asset.